'Controversy Over Police Superintendent Appointment' Police Policy Officer Referred to Central Disciplinary Committee

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A police superintendent general dispatched to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as the Director of Police Policy has been referred to the Central Disciplinary Committee in connection with the controversy over the police superintendent general personnel appointment.

According to the police on the 30th, the National Police Agency was notified of the investigation results regarding the Director of Police Policy and two police superintendents from the Office for Government Policy Coordination on the 11th.

After an internal review, the National Police Agency referred the Director of Police Policy to the Central Disciplinary Committee under the Ministry of Personnel Management, affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office, with a recommendation for a minor disciplinary action. Once the Central Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Personnel Management decides the level of discipline, the National Police Agency will take personnel measures against the subject.

The misconduct of the other two police superintendents was deemed minor, and they were only given an official warning.

Earlier, on the 21st of last month, the National Police Agency received and publicly announced a personnel appointment plan for the police superintendent general from the Director of Police Policy, but reversed it within two hours. In response to this unprecedented situation, President Yoon Seok-yeol criticized it as a "disruption of national order."

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